35/43 "Is she gone ?" he asked. "Do you think I was going to let her stay till the old man was about ?" "How much money did you give her, besides what she had from me ?" "I made it five pounds in all; that will keep her for some time, and then you must send her some more. If you let that wench starve, you ought to be burnt alive. A MAN would have married her in spite of his father." "A likely story," said George, "that I was to disinherit myself for her. However, she shan't want at present, or we shall have her back again. |